I have quite a few friends who are diehard Pittsburgh Steelers Fans, and they will likely become quite upset to learn that Jerome Bettis faked the timing of an injury he received before training camp seven years ago:

“Man, did I do a nice job of acting,” Bettis wrote in the book, ”The Bus: My Life in and Out of a Helmet.” “The thing is, I wasn’t faking that I had an injury. I was just faking that the injury happened on that short-yardage play. I had to fool the coaches and the team’s medical department into thinking the injury had occurred on that play. Otherwise, the Steelers would have had their reason to cut me and my salary.”

With Michael Vick killing dogs, Barry Bonds doing ‘roids, former NBA ref Tim Donaghy making bets on games, and now this...I don’t care whether or not he says it’s anecdotal. I have to shake my head and wonder what the frak has happened to the integrity of athletes? Yes, I am saddened by this.